Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 430

Chapter 430

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After hanging up with Henry and the rest, Zinnia checked Lydia and Maisie’s messages. Since she was too weak to make calls, she just held down the voice message button to reply.

Lydia’s worried texts bombarded the screen. Zinnia kept reassuring her she was okay, and Lydia finally dropped the idea of a video call.

‘If I answered, they’d see right through me. I can feel how weak I am–my face must look as bad as I feel,’ she thought.

Just then, Yannis walked in with a food tray. Watching Zinnia struggle to tap her phone with one finger while reassuring the worried Maisie and Lydia, he teased, “Still worrying about your friends when you’re like this?”

Having finished answering most messages, Zinnia rested her head on the nightstand. Her face was tired, but her eyes were bright as she stared at the tray in Yannis‘ hands. “If you don’t hurry, I’m gonna starve to death,” she pouted.

“Fine, starve then–one less thing for me to worry about,” Yannis joked, bringing the food over under Zinnia’s puppy–dog eyes.

On the tray was a bowl of minestrone soup, a small serving of grilled steak, and a bowl of mushroom soup. At the sight of the steak, Zinnia’s face lit up with satisfaction.

Yannis placed the tray on the nightstand, pulled a stool up to the bed, and began feeding Zinnia the minestrone soup.

“I can do it myself,” Zinnia said, suddenly feeling embarrassed.

When she first woke up, her mind was too fuzzy to care, and she’d been too busy chatting with him. But now that she was more alert, having him feed her with a spoon was a bit awkward.

“Sure you got the strength in your hands?” Yannis eyed Zinnia’s bandaged left hand, then her limp right one- both looked too weak to hold anything.

“Not really,” Zinnia mumbled, trying to move her hands and realizing they had no strength. “Maybe get me a thick straw instead?”

“Nope, eat up,” Yannis smiled, ignoring her request and bringing the spoon to her mouth. “I’m taking care of you now. If I ever need help, you won’t forget me, right? I remember you promised to look after me when I’m old.”

but shake his head–here he was, offering to help, and yet she wanted a straw

don’t worry. When you’re all gray

Yannis’s joke about how taking care of him would cost a fortune. Looking at how healthy he was now, she figured he’d probably outlive her and wouldn’t need her

replied. Watching Zinnia’s eyes darting around,

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call her out–he had her promise, after all. What happened next was future

Zinnia, and she couldn’t resist.

her eyes fixed on the perfectly grilled steak. She could tell it was free–range–the meat

with his fork and held it

on the delicious steak, Zinnia looked at

watching over you all day, and food was the

believe it

her all day; he hadn’t even noticed hunger. He scooped up another spoonful of minestrone

Zinnia said, motioning to the

a second,

intense stare. ‘What’s with that look? Did

She’d only gotten worried when she heard he hadn’t

He took a spoonful of soup for himself, then smoothly guided another spoonful toward

so hungry she felt like she

soup first, then you can have

slurped down the last of

looked away and speared a piece of steak with his fork to feed

minestrone soup together. Each time, Yannis made her take a sip of soup before letting her have a bite

they’d been sharing the same spoon. She remembered there was another one in

Yannis was, she’d just assumed he’d use a